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Carol Handwerker

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Carol Handwerker
Handwerker at a Purdue faculty panel discussion in 2021
Alma materMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Wellesley College
Scientific career
InstitutionsNational Bureau of Standards
Purdue University
ThesisSintering and grain growth of MgO (1983)

Carol Anne Handwerker is an American materials scientist. She is the Reinhardt Schuhmann, Jr. Professor of Materials Engineering and Environmental and Ecological Engineering at Purdue University. She is a fellow of both The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society and the Materials Research Society.

Early life and education

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Professor Handwerker has said that she wanted to become a scientist at the age of nine.[1] She attended Wellesley College, earning a B.A. in Art History. After graduating, she worked for an organization investigating air and water pollution where she realized that she was interested in engineering.[1] She eventually joined Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where she studied and worked as an analyst at the MIT computer centre.[1] At MIT, Professor Handwerker received another undergraduate degree in materials science and ceramics.[2] She remained at MIT for graduate studies, where she earned her Ph.D. in Ceramics studying the grain growth of magnesium oxide (MgO).[3]

Research and career

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Professor Handwerker began her career as a postdoctoral researcher in the National Bureau of Standards (now National Institute of Standards and Technology) in 1984. She was appointed to the metallurgical processing group at National Institute of Standards and Technology in 1986. She was promoted to Group Leader in 1994 followed by Chief of the Metallurgy Division in 1996.[4][5] She joined Purdue University as a professor in the Materials Engineering department in 2005[6]

Dr. Handwerker became an expert in materials for soldering.[1][7] Working with the International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative (iNEMI), she developed a lead-free solder that could be used in microelectronics.[1]

Her current research interests include the development and application of thermodynamic and kinetic theory and experiments of phase transformation and interface motion to complex industrial and scientific problems. Her group focuses on understanding how specific microstructure can be designed in polycrystalline materials and thin films by controlled interface properties. They also are developing models for how single crystal nanowires nucleate and grow using the vapor-liquid-solid (VLS) method to improve the manufacturing and reliability of the current generation of Pb-lead solder interconnects on printer circuit boards. They are also developing new nanoparticle-based interconnect structures for next generation circuit assembly.[6]

She joined The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society during her early career, specifically the functional materials division.[8]

Awards and honors

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Selected publications

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  • K. -W. Moon; W. J. Boettinger; U. R. Kattner; F. S. Biancaniello; C. A. Handwerker (October 2000). "Experimental and thermodynamic assessment of Sn-Ag-Cu solder alloys". Journal of Electronic Materials. 29 (10): 1122–1136. Bibcode:2000JEMat..29.1122M. doi:10.1007/S11664-000-0003-X. ISSN 0361-5235. Wikidata Q56953704.
  • Karthik Ramani; Devarajan Ramanujan; William Z. Bernstein; et al. (1 September 2010). "Integrated Sustainable Life Cycle Design: A Review". Journal of Mechanical Design. 132 (9). doi:10.1115/1.4002308. ISSN 1050-0472. Wikidata Q105952457.
  • J.E. Taylor; J.W. Cahn; C.A. Handwerker (July 1992). "Overview No. 98 I—Geometric models of crystal growth". Acta Materialia. 40 (7): 1443–1474. doi:10.1016/0956-7151(92)90090-2. ISSN 1359-6454. Wikidata Q105952482.

Personal life

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Handwerker met her husband, John Blendell, while studying at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Together they have two daughters.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f "Carol Handwerker '77, SM '78, ScD '83". MIT Technology Review. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  2. ^ "Handwerker, Carol A | Purdue OTC". inventions.prf.org. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  3. ^ Handwerker, Carol Anne (1983). Sintering and grain growth of MgO (Thesis). OCLC 10783315.
  4. ^ "Carol Handwerker - Materials Engineering". Materials Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  5. ^ "MSEL - Metallurgy Division Research Staff". www.metallurgy.nist.gov. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  6. ^ a b "Carol Handwerker - Materials Engineering". Materials Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  7. ^ "Carol Handwerker - Research". Materials Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  8. ^ "What's in a (Division) Name: A Look Back at the Functional Materials Division". JOM. 73 (7): 1996–2000. 2021-07-01. Bibcode:2021JOM....73.1996.. doi:10.1007/s11837-021-04745-4. ISSN 1543-1851.
  9. ^ "Society Fellows". The American Ceramic Society. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  10. ^ "ASM International the Materials Information Society - ASM International". www.asminternational.org. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  11. ^ "Leadership Award". www.tms.org. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  12. ^ "Research to Industrial Practice Award". www.tms.org. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  13. ^ TMS (2010-02-17), TMS 2010 Award Winner: Carol Handwerker, retrieved 2021-09-12
  14. ^ "Congratulations to MSE's Carol Handwerker, winner of the 2017 FMD John Bardeen Award from TMS". Materials Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  15. ^ "Carol Handwerker receives TMS 2018 Fellow Award". Materials Engineering - Purdue University. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
  16. ^ "2021 MRS Fellows | MRS Awards". www.mrs.org. Retrieved 2021-10-17.
  17. ^ "Morris E. Fine Lecture | News & Events | Materials Science & Engineering | Northwestern Engineering". www.mccormick.northwestern.edu. Retrieved 2021-09-12.
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